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266538 Kirk Eppler <eppler.kirk@g...> 2018‑09‑18 Re: Galoot Timeline Project
On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 1:46 PM John Ruth  wrote:

> That was FUNNY!  If OLDTOOLS had a "Like Button," I'd be clicking it for
> that one!  (I've written the same thing to a handful of other posters, but
> VERY few.)
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> 50 years...he, he, he. Galoot timeline for sure!
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> Is that QS Oak box the right size to contain a Stanley 45 or 55
> multiplane?  If so, there's your use for it.
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> Tell us about the really decrepit-looking piece of case-goods that you are
> using as a display table.  Is this another "someday" restoration project?
> Something from which to salvage useable wood?
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John

Thanks for the kind words.

I haven't sized the box yet.  Since I don't have a 45 or 55, and my 1080
has a factory box, I need to think downsize to the 50, or maybe the woodie
multi blade plane.  Counting back 55 years to figure out what's appropriate
doesn't give me great tool choices, so I will assume he used something more
vintage than the router or shaper to build it.

The decrepit carcass was a low boy in its previous life, doors on each end,
and drawers in the middle.  The local school had left it outside for free,
and after a week, someone took the drawers.  It sat there for another few
days before I decided to grab it for salvagable wood.  It is mostly
mahogany I think, and the only piece of plywood so far has been the really
thin back that the weather had destroyed.  The top is about 1/2" thick, 14"
deep, and about 48" long, one board.  Even the interior dividers are a
single slab, which warped as soon as I took them out.  Need to get it
dismantled and under cover soon, we are expecting more damp weather next
month.

-- 
Kirk Eppler, who discovered a pile of tool pictures that got neglected over
the past year, and caught up a bit over lunch

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